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class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Robert Yates</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:RobertYates2010NMPA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/RobertYates2010NMPA.jpg/220px-RobertYates2010NMPA.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/RobertYates2010NMPA.jpg/330px-RobertYates2010NMPA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/RobertYates2010NMPA.jpg/440px-RobertYates2010NMPA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Yates in 2010</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">James Robert Yates</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1943-04-19</span>)</span>April 19, 1943<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">October 2, 2017<span style="display:none">(2017-10-02)</span> (aged 74)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Cornelius,_North_Carolina" title="Cornelius, North Carolina">Cornelius, North Carolina</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Racing team owner<br />Engine builder</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Carolyn (<i>née</i> Helms)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>James Robert Yates</b> (April 19, 1943 – October 2, 2017)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a <a href="/wiki/NASCAR" title="NASCAR">NASCAR</a> engine builder and former owner of the <a href="/wiki/Sprint_Cup_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="Sprint Cup Series">Sprint Cup</a> Series team <a href="/wiki/Yates_Racing" title="Yates Racing">Yates Racing</a>, owned since 2007 by his son Doug. He purchased the team from <a href="/wiki/Ranier-Lundy" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranier-Lundy">Harry Ranier</a> in 1988, with driver <a href="/wiki/Davey_Allison" title="Davey Allison">Davey Allison</a>. In 2018, Yates was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/NASCAR_Hall_of_Fame" title="NASCAR Hall of Fame">NASCAR Hall of Fame</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Yates_(NASCAR_owner)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The son of Rev. John Clyde Yates, he grew up as one of nine children in <a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte, North Carolina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_ryr_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio_ryr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has a twin brother, Richard. </p><p>As a youth, he raced his own <a href="/wiki/Drag_racing" title="Drag racing">dragster</a> in the late 1950s.<sup id="cite_ref-Ford_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ford-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his formative years, he moved to <a href="/wiki/Wake_Forest,_North_Carolina" title="Wake Forest, North Carolina">Wake Forest, North Carolina</a> to live with his sister's family. In 1961, he graduated from <a href="/wiki/Wake_Forest-Rolesville_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Wake Forest-Rolesville High School">Wake Forest High School</a> a straight-A student. In 1964, Yates graduated from <a href="/wiki/Wilson_Community_College" title="Wilson Community College">Wilson Technical College</a> in North Carolina, earning a degree in mechanical engineering.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_ryr_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio_ryr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Yates joined <a href="/wiki/Holman-Moody" title="Holman-Moody">Holman-Moody</a> in 1968 as head of the air gauge department, and two years later, he was hired by <a href="/wiki/Junior_Johnson" title="Junior Johnson">Junior Johnson</a> to manage his team's engine department.<sup id="cite_ref-UPS_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UPS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1976 to 1986, Yates was at <a href="/wiki/DiGard_Motorsports" title="DiGard Motorsports">DiGard Motorsports</a>, where he was chief engine builder. During that time, <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Allison" title="Bobby Allison">Bobby Allison</a> won the <a href="/wiki/NASCAR_Winston_Cup_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="NASCAR Winston Cup Series">NASCAR Winston Cup Series</a> title in <a href="/wiki/1983_NASCAR_Winston_Cup_Series" title="1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Series">1983</a>. </p><p>He left DiGard in 1986 to work on the development of synthetic fuels and, in the same year, returned to NASCAR as general manager of <a href="/wiki/Ranier-Lundy_Racing" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranier-Lundy Racing">Ranier-Lundy Racing</a> in August of that year. In 1988, Robert Yates acquired the team to form <a href="/wiki/Robert_Yates_Racing" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Yates Racing">Robert Yates Racing</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-UPS_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UPS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He died of cancer October 2, 2017. The following year in 2018, Yates was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/NASCAR_Hall_of_Fame" title="NASCAR Hall of Fame">NASCAR Hall of Fame</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Team_history">Team history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Yates_(NASCAR_owner)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Team history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Yates_Racing" title="Yates Racing">Yates Racing</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Races">Races</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Yates_(NASCAR_owner)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Races"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Robert_Yates_(NASCAR_owner)" title="Special:EditPage/Robert Yates (NASCAR owner)">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">June 2015</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The team finished second in its first race, the 1988 <a href="/wiki/Daytona_500" title="Daytona 500">Daytona 500</a>, being edged by Allison's father and NASCAR legend <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Allison" title="Bobby Allison">Bobby Allison</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1991">1991</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Yates_(NASCAR_owner)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1991"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1991, Larry McReynolds (now a NASCAR analyst with Fox Sports) joined Yates Racing as crew chief and led Davey Allison to five victories. In 1992, Yates Racing started the season with Allison winning the Daytona 500, joining his father Bobby, a three time Daytona 500 winner. The win also put the Allisons in an exclusive club, joining <a href="/wiki/Lee_Petty" title="Lee Petty">Lee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Richard_Petty" title="Richard Petty">Richard Petty</a> and later <a href="/wiki/Dale_Earnhardt_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Dale Earnhardt Sr.">Dale Earnhardt Sr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dale_Earnhardt_Jr." title="Dale Earnhardt Jr.">Dale Earnhardt Jr.</a> as the only father/son winners of the Daytona 500. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1992">1992</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Yates_(NASCAR_owner)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1992"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1992 Allison again had another dominant year winning five races again, despite a broken hand suffered at Pocono in June and a cracked rib. Allison also experienced a personal tragedy in August when his brother Clifford was killed in the Busch Series race at <a href="/wiki/Michigan_International_Speedway" title="Michigan International Speedway">Michigan International Speedway</a>. Going into the last race at Atlanta all Allison had to do was finish sixth or better to clinch the Winston Cup title, but a collision with <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Irvan" title="Ernie Irvan">Ernie Irvan</a> on the 251st lap damaged Allison's car and knocked him from contention. </p><p>Allison completed 34 more laps and was running at the finish. With Allison eliminated from title contention it was down to a two-man race between Bill Elliott and Alan Kulwicki, Elliott won the race, but Kulwicki led one more lap than Elliott to win the title by ten points. Allison would finish third in the final points standings. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1993">1993</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Yates_(NASCAR_owner)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1993"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1993 the team struggled, although Allison did win the Pontiac Excitement 400 at Richmond in March. They then experienced tragedy as Allison was killed in a helicopter crash in July. Ernie Irvan, who was driving for <a href="/wiki/Morgan-McClure_Motorsports" class="mw-redirect" title="Morgan-McClure Motorsports">Morgan-McClure Motorsports</a>, wanted to replace his friend and after several weeks Yates was able to bring him aboard. With Irvan behind the wheel the team won at Martinsville in a car set up by Allison, the team also won at Charlotte in the Mello Yello 500 when Irvan led all but six of the race's 334 laps. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1994">1994</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Yates_(NASCAR_owner)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1994"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1994 the team got off to a fast start with Irvan finishing second to <a href="/wiki/Sterling_Marlin" title="Sterling Marlin">Sterling Marlin</a> (which was Marlin's first win in 276 races) at the Daytona 500, two weeks later Irvan won at Richmond just like Allison did the year before, Irvan would follow that win up a week later by winning the Puralator 500 at Atlanta. </p><p>In May 1994 the team won at <a href="/wiki/Sonoma,_California" title="Sonoma, California">Sonoma, California</a>. In August Irvan came within ten laps of winning the Inaugural Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis, before cutting a tire and handing the race to Jeff Gordon. Irvan was in contention for the Winston Cup title before he was critically injured in practice crash at Michigan a week later. Kenny Wallace finished out the year in the No. 28 <a href="/wiki/Ford_Thunderbird" title="Ford Thunderbird">Ford Thunderbird</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1995">1995</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Yates_(NASCAR_owner)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1995"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With the team in need of a full-time replacement while Irvan was sidelined, Yates brought <a href="/wiki/Dale_Jarrett" title="Dale Jarrett">Dale Jarrett</a> from <a href="/wiki/Joe_Gibbs_Racing" title="Joe Gibbs Racing">Joe Gibbs Racing</a> to drive the #28. Jarrett won at Pocono in July. In October Irvan returned to the track driving a second Yates car No. 88 in a race at North Wilkesboro, N.C. Irvan led six laps and finished sixth. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expansion">Expansion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Yates_(NASCAR_owner)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Expansion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Robert_Yates_(NASCAR_owner)" title="Special:EditPage/Robert Yates (NASCAR owner)">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2015</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 1996 Yates expanded to two full-time teams with Irvan back behind the wheel of the No. 28 Ford and Dale Jarrett driving the No. 88 car. The new team wasted no time showing its muscle with Jarrett, under the leadership of rookie crewchief <a href="/wiki/Todd_Parrott" title="Todd Parrott">Todd Parrott</a> won the Busch Clash at Daytona and the Daytona 500. Irvan secured the outside pole for the Daytona 500 alongside Dale Earnhardt Sr. who was in his eighteenth attempt to win the Daytona 500. Irvan also won his Gatorade Twin 125 Qualifying Race. Jarrett also won the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte and the Brickyard 400 and at Michigan in August and finished third in the final Winston Cup points standings behind Hendrick Motorsports teammates <a href="/wiki/Terry_Labonte" title="Terry Labonte">Terry Labonte</a> (the Champion) and <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Gordon" title="Jeff Gordon">Jeff Gordon</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_years">Later years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Yates_(NASCAR_owner)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Later years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Yates was given his first championship as a NASCAR owner in 1999 with Dale Jarrett. His engines had won championships with him as an engine builder before, notably <a href="/wiki/1983_in_NASCAR" class="mw-redirect" title="1983 in NASCAR">1983</a> with <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Allison" title="Bobby Allison">Bobby Allison</a> and <a href="/wiki/DiGard_Motorsports" title="DiGard Motorsports">DiGard Motorsports</a>, and also with <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Waltrip" title="Darrell Waltrip">Darrell Waltrip</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ford_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ford-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After that season the team began to slump a little. Eddie D'Hondt joined the team as Manager after leaving <a href="/wiki/Gillett_Evernham_Motorsports" class="mw-redirect" title="Gillett Evernham Motorsports">Evernham Motorsports</a> and the team seemed to be heading in the right direction with the hiring of <a href="/wiki/Mike_Ford_(NASCAR_crew_chief)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Ford (NASCAR crew chief)">Mike Ford</a>. Ford hired several key members including <a href="/w/index.php?title=Russ_Salerno&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Russ Salerno (page does not exist)">Russ Salerno</a>, as his Pit Crew Coordinator. </p><p>Shortly after that RYR found itself with a team that was improving and becoming a contender again. <a href="/wiki/Elliott_Sadler" title="Elliott Sadler">Elliott Sadler</a> joined Robert Yates Racing for the <a href="/wiki/2003_in_NASCAR" title="2003 in NASCAR">2003</a> season and won two races for Yates in 2004. As of July 2007, Yates' last win was with Dale Jarrett at <a href="/wiki/Talladega_Superspeedway" title="Talladega Superspeedway">Talladega Superspeedway</a> in October 2005. Yates retired as a NASCAR Sprint Cup Team Owner after 2007, giving <a href="/wiki/Yates_Racing" title="Yates Racing">Yates Racing</a> to his son, Doug. In 2010 he came out of retirement to form a new company, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Yates_Racing_Engines&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert Yates Racing Engines (page does not exist)">Robert Yates Racing Engines</a>, with his son-in-law <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Davy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chris Davy (page does not exist)">Chris Davy</a> as his partner. </p><p>On May 24, 2017, Yates was voted into the <a href="/wiki/NASCAR_Hall_of_Fame" title="NASCAR Hall of Fame">NASCAR Hall of Fame</a>'s Class of 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2016, Yates began undergoing treatment for liver cancer. Yates said he was told by a doctor in early August to gather his family and make plans for hospice because “you’re done in four weeks.” Four hours later, Yates’ future looked much better. Another doctor told Yates that the terminal diagnosis was wrong. “I need both doctors, but I need a little cheerleading, too,’’ said the 74-year-old former team owner. 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">1989–2009</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Owners</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Robert Yates</a> (1989–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Yates" title="Doug Yates">Doug Yates</a> (2007–2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_NASCAR_Hall_of_Fame" title="List of members of the NASCAR Hall of Fame">NASCAR Hall of Fame</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Davey_Allison" title="Davey Allison">Davey Allison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dale_Jarrett" title="Dale Jarrett">Dale Jarrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Rudd" title="Ricky Rudd">Ricky Rudd</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Robert Yates</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable former drivers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Davey_Allison" title="Davey Allison">Davey Allison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Gilliland" title="David Gilliland">David Gilliland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Goossens" title="Marc Goossens">Marc Goossens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robby_Gordon" title="Robby Gordon">Robby Gordon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Hillin_Jr." title="Bobby Hillin Jr.">Bobby Hillin Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Irvan" title="Ernie Irvan">Ernie Irvan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Irwin_Jr." title="Kenny Irwin Jr.">Kenny Irwin Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dale_Jarrett" title="Dale Jarrett">Dale Jarrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Jarrett_(racing_driver)" title="Jason Jarrett (racing driver)">Jason Jarrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasey_Kahne" title="Kasey Kahne">Kasey Kahne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travis_Kvapil" title="Travis Kvapil">Travis Kvapil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Leicht" title="Stephen Leicht">Stephen Leicht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_McCall_(racing_driver)" class="mw-redirect" title="Matt McCall (racing driver)">Matt McCall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Menard" title="Paul Menard">Paul Menard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Rudd" title="Ricky Rudd">Ricky Rudd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elliott_Sadler" title="Elliott Sadler">Elliott Sadler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Speed" title="Lake Speed">Lake Speed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Wallace_(racing_driver)" title="Mike Wallace (racing driver)">Mike Wallace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable crew chiefs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Baldwin_Jr." title="Tommy Baldwin Jr.">Tommy Baldwin Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jake_Elder" title="Jake Elder">Jake Elder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Labbe" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Labbe">Richard Labbe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_McReynolds" title="Larry McReynolds">Larry McReynolds</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_McSwain&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michael McSwain (page does not exist)">Michael McSwain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Todd_Parrott" title="Todd Parrott">Todd Parrott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Richert" title="Doug Richert">Doug Richert</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Robert Yates</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_NASCAR_Cup_Series_champions" title="List of NASCAR Cup Series champions">Winston Cup Series Championships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1999_NASCAR_Winston_Cup_Series" title="1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series">1999 (Jarrett)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Daytona_500_winners" title="List of Daytona 500 winners">Daytona 500 wins</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1992_Daytona_500" title="1992 Daytona 500">1992 (Allison)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Daytona_500" title="1996 Daytona 500">1996 (Jarrett)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Daytona_500" title="2000 Daytona 500">2000 (Jarrett)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Brickyard_400" title="Brickyard 400">Brickyard 400</a> wins</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1996_Brickyard_400" title="1996 Brickyard 400">1996 (Jarrett)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Brickyard_400" title="1999 Brickyard 400">1999 (Jarrett)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Coca-Cola_600" title="Coca-Cola 600">Coca-Cola 600</a> wins</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1991_Coca-Cola_600" title="1991 Coca-Cola 600">1991 (Allison)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Coca-Cola_600" title="1996 Coca-Cola 600">1996 (Jarrett)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/GEICO_500" class="mw-redirect" title="GEICO 500">Winston 500</a> wins</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1989_Winston_500" title="1989 Winston 500">1989 (Allison)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Winston_500" title="1992 Winston 500">1992 (Allison)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Winston_500" title="1998 Winston 500">1998 (Jarrett)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NASCAR_All-Star_Race" title="NASCAR All-Star Race">The Winston</a> wins</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1991_The_Winston" title="1991 The Winston">1991 (Allison)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_The_Winston" title="1992 The Winston">1992 (Allison)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Clash_at_Bowman_Gray_Stadium" title="Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium">Budweiser Shootout</a> wins</th><td 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Racing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travis_Carter_Enterprises" title="Travis Carter Enterprises">Travis Carter Enterprises</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donlavey_Racing" title="Donlavey Racing">Donlavey Racing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Front_Row_Motorsports" title="Front Row Motorsports">Front Row Motorsports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robby_Gordon_Motorsports" title="Robby Gordon Motorsports">Robby Gordon Motorsports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hall_of_Fame_Racing" title="Hall of Fame Racing">Hall of Fame Racing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newman/Haas_Racing" title="Newman/Haas Racing">Newman/Haas Racing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ppc_Racing" title="Ppc Racing">ppc Racing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PPI_Motorsports" title="PPI Motorsports">PPI Motorsports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RahMoc_Enterprises" title="RahMoc Enterprises">RahMoc Enterprises</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RFK_Racing" title="RFK Racing">RFK Racing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudd_Performance_Motorsports" title="Rudd Performance Motorsports">Rudd Performance Motorsports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ultra_Motorsports" title="Ultra Motorsports">Ultra Motorsports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wood_Brothers_Racing" title="Wood Brothers Racing">Wood Brothers Racing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Buyouts and mergers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Petty_Motorsports" title="Richard Petty Motorsports">Richard Petty Motorsports</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Predecessor teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ranier_Racing_with_MDM" title="Ranier Racing with MDM">Ranier-Lundy Racing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Weatherly" title="Joe Weatherly">Joe Weatherly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waddell_Wilson" title="Waddell Wilson">Waddell Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cale_Yarborough" title="Cale Yarborough">Cale Yarborough</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Robert Yates</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former drivers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Allison" title="Bobby Allison">Bobby Allison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donnie_Allison" title="Donnie Allison">Donnie Allison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mario_Andretti" title="Mario Andretti">Mario Andretti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Beauchamp" title="Johnny Beauchamp">Johnny Beauchamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Bucknum" title="Ronnie Bucknum">Ronnie Bucknum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Clark" title="Jim Clark">Jim Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Donohue" title="Mark Donohue">Mark Donohue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._J._Foyt" title="A. J. Foyt">A. J. Foyt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Gurney" title="Dan Gurney">Dan Gurney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Hansgen" title="Walt Hansgen">Walt Hansgen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Hutcherson" title="Dick Hutcherson">Dick Hutcherson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_Jarrett" title="Ned Jarrett">Ned Jarrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Johns" title="Bobby Johns">Bobby Johns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junior_Johnson" title="Junior Johnson">Junior Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parnelli_Jones" title="Parnelli Jones">Parnelli Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo_Ljungfeldt" title="Bo Ljungfeldt">Bo Ljungfeldt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Lorenzen" title="Fred Lorenzen">Fred Lorenzen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiny_Lund" title="Tiny Lund">Tiny Lund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_MacDonald" title="Dave MacDonald">Dave MacDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Miles" title="Ken Miles">Ken Miles</a></li> <li>Augie Pabst</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin_Panch" title="Marvin Panch">Marvin Panch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Pearson_(racing_driver)" title="David Pearson (racing driver)">David Pearson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Revson" title="Peter Revson">Peter Revson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fireball_Roberts" title="Fireball Roberts">Fireball Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Ruby" title="Lloyd Ruby">Lloyd Ruby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson_Stacy" title="Nelson Stacy">Nelson Stacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtis_Turner" title="Curtis Turner">Curtis Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Unser" title="Al Unser">Al Unser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Unser" title="Bobby Unser">Bobby Unser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Weatherly" title="Joe Weatherly">Joe Weatherly</a></li> <li>Jackie Wilson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cale_Yarborough" title="Cale Yarborough">Cale Yarborough</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_NASCAR_Cup_Series_champions" title="List of NASCAR Cup Series champions">Grand National Series Championships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1968_NASCAR_Grand_National_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="1968 NASCAR Grand National Series">1968 (Pearson)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_NASCAR_Grand_National_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="1969 NASCAR Grand National Series">1969 (Pearson)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Daytona_500_winners" title="List of Daytona 500 winners">Daytona 500</a> wins</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1965_Daytona_500" title="1965 Daytona 500">1965 (Lorenzen)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Daytona_500" title="1967 Daytona 500">1967 (Andretti)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Southern_500" title="Southern 500">Southern 500</a> wins</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_Southern_500&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1963 Southern 500 (page does not exist)">1963 (Roberts)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971_Southern_500&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1971 Southern 500 (page does not exist)">1971 (B. 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